Boparan swaps Ed’s for Slim’s at Bluewater

Boparan Restaurant Group is opening its seventh Slim Chickens in Bluewater shopping centre in Kent next month.

The American fast-casual concept will replace Ed’s Easy Diner at the centre.

Boparan’s other Bluewater restaurant Giraffe closed last year as part of a CVA.

The opening comes two years after Slim Chickens’ UK launch in James Street, Marylebone.

It has since opened two further London sites, in the Brunswick Centre and Soho, as well as Cardiff, Bristol and Birmingham, several of which have been Giraffe conversions.

Boparan said it planned to open more new restaurants in key UK cities throughout 2020.

Richard Pigott, head of operations at Slim Chickens, said: “We continue to have a fantastic response to Slim’s in the locations we have opened so far. Our most recently opened restaurant in Bristol is already performing way ahead of our expectations. We are really looking forward to further extending our special brand of chicken into the South East and into Bluewater Shopping Centre.”